NFT: Red Sox at Yankees GDT 4/17

We're in business. Let's go.

fuck you long time.

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chasing a pitch for strike three.

off the plate.

In comment 14390998 RasputinPrime said:

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fuck you long time.

Yeah he's a pitchers ump no doubt with that outside pitch but he's been calling it a strike all night. The hitters have to adjust. I'd be more pisssed if he wasn't consistent with it.

One so far outside even this ump couldn't call it a strike. Had me worried though.

In comment 14391015 Eman11 said:

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In comment 14390998 RasputinPrime said: Quote: fuck you long time. Yeah he's a pitchers ump no doubt with that outside pitch but he's been calling it a strike all night. The hitters have to adjust. I'd be more pisssed if he wasn't consistent with it.

Try telling your clients that you are consistently going to provide a service other than what they pay for and see what happens.

If pitchers are allowed to micro-dissect every aspect of their craft and managers are allowed to use unimaginable stats to shift defenses from pitch to pitch, the umpires need to get with the robot-program.

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GARDY!!!!!!!

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5-3 baby

Now pour it on these fucks

DONE I tell you.....

Eff me he has 4 Grand Salamis....

100 HRs! What a way to get it.

Enormous. And from whom? Gardner. Comes through again.

In comment 14391023 RasputinPrime said:

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In comment 14391015 Eman11 said: Quote: In comment 14390998 RasputinPrime said: Quote: fuck you long time. Yeah he's a pitchers ump no doubt with that outside pitch but he's been calling it a strike all night. The hitters have to adjust. I'd be more pisssed if he wasn't consistent with it. Try telling your clients that you are consistently going to provide a service other than what they pay for and see what happens. If pitchers are allowed to micro-dissect every aspect of their craft and managers are allowed to use unimaginable stats to shift defenses from pitch to pitch, the umpires need to get with the robot-program.

Cmon man, it's baseball and this kind of shit has been going on forever. You can't compare it to our everyday workplace.

There's no doubt it bugs me he's calling those outside pitches strikes when they're clearly balls, but he has been calling that pitch the same way all night. If it was sometimes a strike and others a ball, that would really piss me off and drive me nuts.

If you've ever heard players talk about strike zones they just want it called consistently all night, and I feel the same when I watch.

That said.....

GARDY!!!!!!

Judge gets umped yet again...

and every one of his brothers who seem incapable of aJudgesting their strikezone.

bad strike call.

That strike three call. Judge is the most unfairly umped player in the league. Yankees have to do something about this. You would think the umps would show more respect to him, considering he never argues back. But hey if they like being treated poorly by players, then glory to them

Than any player I've seen in my entire life

then Chapman??????

In comment 14391047 Greg from LI said:

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Than any player I've seen in my entire life

Literally a shin-high strike.

Maddening.

In comment 14391045 Nine-Tails said:

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That strike three call. Judge is the most unfairly umped player in the league. Yankees have to do something about this. You would think the umps would show more respect to him, considering he never argues back. But hey if they like being treated poorly by players, then glory to them

Keep in mind that he then has to adjust and he is whiffing at sliders down and away because he has to protect the zone that is being called. It's just not good for baseball to have the best players fucked over.

In comment 14391041 section125 said:

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bad strike call.

Totally. And all against the Yankee hitters.

when was the last time an actual low strike to Judge was called a ball?

Tie goes to the runner then it should go to the hitter in the box.

Because of course

pitch is called a ball? This umpire sucks.

In comment 14391040 RasputinPrime said:

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and every one of his brothers who seem incapable of aJudgesting their strikezone.

I'm with you on that one lol.

It's one thing to call it a little off the plate again but no way in hell that ball wasn't low on Judge.

Your call on them not accounting for his height is spot on. I said it last year, the umps have a high/low strike zone in their minds eye and call it the same no matter what but they're failing to raise if for a guy Judges height. We're seeing a bit of that on Voit as well.

We had one good ump the other night who wouldn't give that too low stike when Judge was up and he's one of the only ones who's adjusted. Even O'Neill noticed it and said it was about time.

I love watching Otto pitch. Guy is just disgusting.

Strike three was the exact same pitch as ball one

In comment 14391059 section125 said:

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pitch is called a ball? This umpire sucks.

Now it is a strike on strike 3?

Yeah, Judge and some other guys have gotten umped tonight, but gutsy job coming back, now just have to finish it

All things being equal, not a bad night for Happ...2 early HRs, but got through 6 1/3 giving up only those 3 runs.

Stay close and beat the Sox bullpen is the formula

he gave up those gopher balls but was otherwise decent.

In comment 14390804 arcarsenal said:

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In comment 14390797 FrankieR said: Quote: In comment 14390781 Jints in Carolina said: Quote: In comment 14390779 arcarsenal said: Quote: (And yes, I'm aware of his background) He's a fucking eyesore and I'm tired of seeing his florescent "uniform" behind home plate every other time I watch a baseball game. LOL relax Arc...have a beer Or a xanax What was your last handle, jackass? Get lost.

Im not going to start a fight...I am relishing this come back, but werent you rooting for the Mets this time last year?

Just saying...

tough but E6.

In comment 14391052 RasputinPrime said:

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In comment 14391045 Nine-Tails said: Quote: That strike three call. Judge is the most unfairly umped player in the league. Yankees have to do something about this. You would think the umps would show more respect to him, considering he never argues back. But hey if they like being treated poorly by players, then glory to them Keep in mind that he then has to adjust and he is whiffing at sliders down and away because he has to protect the zone that is being called. It's just not good for baseball to have the best players fucked over.

Sadly you are right about this, but sucks that judge has to over compensate for umps not being able to do their JOBS. But, on the flip side, Jose Altuve doesn't have the same problem, the umps give him the benefit of doubt for his small strike zone.

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In comment 14391072 Jints in Carolina said:

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he gave up those gopher balls but was otherwise decent.

Agreed. But my true hero is Kahnle if we're talking pitching. He looks like he is back to (or close) his '17 self.

In comment 14391074 FrankieR said:

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Im not going to start a fight...I am relishing this come back, but werent you rooting for the Mets this time last year? Just saying...

You have a habit of starting crap with older posters.

Wtf?

In comment 14391015 Eman11 said:

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In comment 14390998 RasputinPrime said: Quote: fuck you long time. Yeah he's a pitchers ump no doubt with that outside pitch but he's been calling it a strike all night. The hitters have to adjust. I'd be more pisssed if he wasn't consistent with it.

Yeah, god forbid umpires actually get evaluated like the rest of the world and be told to do better. You cannot ask hitters to swing at balls 4 inches outside of the zone. How about the ump be accountable for the shit job he does?

I don’t give a rats ass about consistency. Being consistently wrong doesn’t make it right. Be better at your job. The fact these guys aren’t evaluated and held accountable is mind numbing. And if they ARE being held accountable, why do they continue to get to use the “pitchers ump” excuse? A strike is a freakin strike. We don’t get to make our own rules. It’s frustrating as all hell.

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Fuck yes. Huge out.

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is John Wetteland part II.

In comment 14391086 PetesHereNow said:

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Wtf?

Otto gets out of it, but yeah... that didn't make any sense. If he was going to get Chappy up anyway, he should've been ready for Moreland.